Gumb Surname

683,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Gumb Surname Definition:

Gumb is from guimp, gump, down hill (in W. or guympo). There is a place called Gump in St. Agnes; and the village of Jump in Roborough hundred, co. Devon. compare the names Kumpe, Gommo.

Gumb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1651:2,196,721138,143
France601:1,107,045119,335
Germany511:1,578,53893,812
England431:1,295,76958,667
Papua New Guinea321:254,80434,943
Taiwan231:1,019,3377,080
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

Gumb (15) may also be a first name.

Gumb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Gumb is from guimp, gump, down hill (in W. or guympo). There is a place called Gump in St. Agnes; and the village of Jump in Roborough hundred, co. Devon. compare the names Kumpe, Gommo.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The same as Gumm, Gomm, the Old German Goma, a Danish, Gummi in Saxon, a U.S. Gumma. From Anglo-Saxon guma, Goth, id., O. High German gomo, Old English obs. gom, a man.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

GUMP: Not from gump, a vulgar word for a foolish person, a dolt, but from Gump, in St. Agnes, Cornwall; from Cornish guimp, gump, downhill, in W. or gwympo.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Gumb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gumb Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gumb occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gumb? popularity and diffusion

It is the 683,026th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Gumb reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Gumb is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 15 people.

Gumb is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 2,196,721. In The United States Gumb is primarily found in: New York, where 19 percent are found, South Carolina, where 13 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in France, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 12 percent are found.

Gumb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gumb has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gumb surname expanded 330 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 108 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gumb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gumb surname are 18.86% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.63% being registered with the party.

The amount Gumb earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.69% less than the national average, earning $38,970 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.46% less than the national average, earning $43,988 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gumbs898,990/
Ngumb8999/
Ghumb894/
Goumb892/
Gumbd892/
Gumbt891/
Gunmb891/
Umb86150/
Ngoumb803/
Gummbs801/
Gump753,511/
Umbs75126/
Gomb7578/
Oumb7565/
Humb7564/
Gimb7514/
Aumb7514/
Gunb759/
Umbt752/
Umnb752/
Umbh752/
Umbd751/
Umbz751/
Ujmb751/
Usmb751/
Gumbsch734/
Gumpp67814/
Gumpe67237/
Humbs67202/
Houmb67111/
Gumpf67109/
Gumfe6781/
Gumps6713/
Gumph6710/
Ghumw6710/
Umbdh676/
Gumpt674/
Utemb674/
Ngump673/
Gumpz672/
Gunbh671/
Gummf671/
Humbd671/
Gunbs671/
Aumnb671/
Haumb671/
Gombp671/
Cgunb671/
Guhnb671/

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Gumb Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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